Best Tossed Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon poppy seed
• 1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup splenda granular
• 2 teaspoons minced onions
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 cup wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 head romaine lettuce (use half romaine and half spinach.)
• 3 ounces spinach
• 1/8 cup raisins
• 1 cup sliced strawberry
• 1/4 cup mandarin orange
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 1 small cucumber, sliced
• 2/3 cup whole candied pecans (recipe below)

Recipe

• 1 whisk together first eight ingredients and refrigerate.
• 2 to glaze pecans, melt 1/3 cup of sugar over medium high heat. when sugar is melted, add 2/3 cup of pecans and coat. spread on buttered waxed paper to cool. break apart.
• 3 mix together rest of ingredients except for nuts.and refrigerate until time to serve. when read to serve, add nuts and salad dressing.
• 4 ( salad dressing will need to be shaken to mix as it tends to settle.).